Matt Moore (baseball)

When Dodgers owner Mark Walter lured general manager Andrew Friedman from the Rays with a record five-year, $35 million deal in October, Cubs President Theo Epstein had two good reasons to celebrate. Not only would Rays manager Joe Maddon be available for the Cubs because of an out clause in his contract if Friedman left, but Epstein now had a dollar figure to work with when his own contract expired after the 2016 season. If Friedman is worth $35 million to a team that won 94 games last year and needed only to learn how to win in the postseason, how much will Epstein be worth if his gut rehab works and the Cubs make the postseason in Year 4 of his five-year deal? A piece of the team,...

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